People · Japan
Taiki Kobayashi (小林大輝)
3×3 · top 20.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016KOBA01
Taiki Kobayashi (小林大輝) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.73, set at JRCA Kansai Winter 2019, puts him in the top 20.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 846th in Japan. Across 18 competitions since March 2016, he has put 174 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.44 in March 2016 to 13.73, a 53% improvement. Taiki has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.73 | 16.30 | top 20.0% | 846 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:36.52 | 1:57.50 | top 25.4% | 116 / 282 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 6 cubes · 39:21 | — | top 30.5% | 53 / 128 | |
| 4×4 | 1:34.09 | 1:40.24 | top 66.6% | 553 / 667 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.61 at Kansai Summer 2017.
- 19 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.50 at Kansai Open 2017.
- 19 Mar 2016First competition: Kansai Open 2016. A 29.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hiroshima Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Kansai Summer 2019 · 1 Sep 2019
- Kansai Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019
- JRCA Kansai Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018
- Kansai Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Kyoto Open 2018 · 12 May 2018
- Kobe Open 2018 · 25 Feb 2018
- Kyushu Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
- Kansai Big Cube 2017 · 25 Nov 2017
- Kansai Summer 2017 · 16 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Meguro 2017 · 5 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Kyushu Open 2016 · 29 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2016 · 19 Mar 2016
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-1:30 3×3 blindfolded single — 2,810 people have one; it is 6.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.